Boys of Wexford (The)

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Theme code Index	1116L 5554
Also known as	Buacaillide Loca g-Carman, Boys of Ireland, Flight of the Earls, In Comes the Captain's Daughter, Lowlands of Holland, Snowy Breasted Pearl (2)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 81, p. 14
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
Artist	Biography:Fennigs All Stars
Title of recording	Hammered Dulcimer (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Front Hall 01
Year recorded	1973
Media
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BOYS OF WEXFORD, THE (Buacaillide Loca g-Carman). AKA and see "Boys of Ireland," "Flight of the Earls," "In Comes the Captain's Daughter," "Lowlands of Holland," "Snowy Breasted Pearl [2]." Irish, Air or March (4/4 time, "with spirit"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Brody, Johnson, O'Neill): AB (Roche). Wexford is the southeastern Irish county in which the famous doomed rebellion of 1798 began, and, indeed, the phrase 'the boys of Wexford' has often been used to denote those involved in the rebellion. O'Neill (1913) classifies this air as belonging to the group with "Willy Reilly" et al (see note for "Willy Reilly [2]"). The tune was recorded as "The Boys of Ireland" by Martin Beirne and His Irish Blackbirds in the 78 RPM era.

Printed source: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 55. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 5: Mostly Irish Airs), 1985 (revised 2000); p. 13. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 42, p. 28. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 81, p. 14. Roche Collection, 1982; vol. III, p. 12, #42.

Recorded sources: Front Hall 01, Fennigs All Stars- "The Hammered Dulcimer" (1973). See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]

X:1
T:Boys of Wexford, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"With Spirit"
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 81
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D2 | (G3A) (GFED) | (d3e) d2c2 | (B2G2) (BA)(GF) | E6 F2 | (G3A) (GFED) | 
(d3e) d2c2 | B2A2 GABc | d6 d2 | e2B2 (g3e) | (d3c) B2G2 | c2B2A2G2 | 
E4 z3 (EF) | (G3A) (GFED) | (d3e) d2c2 | B2G2 BAGF | G4 ||